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Jazz Journal
JJ 10/93: Jan Garbarek Group – Twelve Moons
Thirty years ago Michael Tucker noted in Garbarek's music resonances of Ayler, Davis, Coltrane, Weather Report, Grieg and Nordic folk
JJ 10/83: Annette Peacock – Been On The Streets Too Long
Forty years ago Matthew Bateson admired Peacock's writing and performing in general but wasn't convinced by all her solo albums
JJ 10/83: Jimmy Giuffre – Dragonfly
Forty years ago Barry McRae regretted Giuffre fraternising with the fusion but noted that creativity was not compromised
JJ 10/83: Miles Davis – Star People
Forty years ago Mark Gilbert thought Davis's third comeback album compositionally scrappy but sporadically effective, chiefly in the solos
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JJ 10/73: Jan Garbarek – Triptykon
Fifty years ago Martin Davidson found Garbarek original (with hints of Coltrane, Lateef, Barbieri and Coxhill) but blighted by poor drumming
JJ 10/73: John Lee Hooker – Kabuki Wuki
Fifty years ago Tony Russell recommended rolling with Hooker's embrace of modernity, including the nods to James Brown and Sly Stone
JJ 10/73: Spontaneous Music Ensemble – So, What Do You Think?
Long before three-minute culture took hold, Martin Davidson praised John Stevens' half-hour improvisations for avoiding boring accessibility
JJ 10/73: Weather Report – Sweetnighter
Fifty years ago Charles Le Vay was disappointed by Sweetnighter but found WR of vital interest in a 'fairly crucial stage of American music'
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JJ 10/73: Don Cherry And The Jazz Composers Orchestra – Relativity Suite
Fifty years ago Martin Davidson heard Cherry a long way off Brahms, and Carla Bley emulating the Mrs. Dale's Diary aspect of Mrs. Coltrane
Brighton Jazz Mafia Big Band at St. Andrew’s Church, Hove
Graham Thomas saw the BJM play Basie, Nestico et al but the most interesting stuff was by the late Brighton composer Simon D'Souza
The Dick Patterson Trio – a real-life jazz mystery
Recordings by Dick Patterson, a bassist active in 1960s Chicago, have been issued for the first time - but who played the piano and drums?
JJ 10/63: Anita O’Day – Anita Sings Jazz
Sixty years ago Steve Voce noted that while Billie Holiday would jump in the river over lost love, O'Day would have the man jump
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